Environmental Defense Fund Archives - Page 6 of 12

Food Should be Added to Energy-Water Nexus, EDF Says

April 11, 2014 by Kirsten Korosec

The global energy-water nexus, a concept gaining ground as a comprehensive way to plan for the planet’s future, should include food, the Environmental Defense Fund says. The link between energy and water greatly impacts the food sector, the EDF says. Stakeholders are increasingly talking about the energy-water-food nexus and how ... Read more »

EDF, LA Better Buildings Challenge Team Up

April 7, 2014 by Leon Walker

Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project has announced a partnership with the Los Angeles Better Buildings Challenge that aims to develop a more robust marketplace for energy efficiency retrofits in the city. Los Angeles has set a goal of achieving 20 percent energy savings across 30 million square feet of ... Read more »

Study Says Methane Releases Can Be Cut

March 10, 2014March 10, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Analysis by ICF International (ICF) says the US oil and gas industry can cost-effectively reduce emissions of methane to a large extent using available technologies and operating practices. A different study downplayed the greenhouse gas benefits of natural gas due to methane leaks. Environmental Defense Fund commissioned ICF to analyze ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: SCOTUS Hearing, Oil Train Safety, GHG Reporting Rule

February 24, 2014February 24, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

The Obama administration’s climate agenda faces its first Supreme Court test today, Reuters reports. The court will consider whether the EPA’s regulation of vehicle greenhouse gas emissions automatically triggers a requirement that large stationary sources such as power plants also control their emissions, Dorsey & Whitney partner and former Department of ... Read more »

Energy Executive Moves: utiliVisor, WSP USA, PositivEnergy Practice, Key Equipment Finance, Environmental Defense Fund

January 27, 2014 by William Opalka

Raymond P. Necci (pictured) has been named a consultant at utiliVisor, an energy management and advisory company that provides comprehensive energy monitoring and sub-metering services for commercial, institutional and industrial facilities. He is the former President and Chief Operating Officer of The Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P), Connecticut’s largest electric ... Read more »

CA Carbon Market ‘Well-Constructed, Strong’

January 10, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The first year of California’s cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas pollution shows the carbon market is well-constructed and strong while the state’s economy continues to improve, according to analysis by Environmental Defense Fund. California Carbon Market Watch: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Golden State’s Cap-and-Trade Program, Year One, analyzes data ... Read more »

Energy Efficiency Upgrade Uses Protocols

December 19, 2013August 2, 2019 by William Opalka

A tool to make investments in energy efficiency upgrades more appealing to investors has been used in the upgrade of an office building in Connecticut. Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) said Investor Confidence Project (ICP) protocols were employed for a 98,000 square foot office building in Bridgeport. ICP is designed to open ... Read more »

91% Say Companies Should Implement More Sustainability Practices

December 17, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Only 35 percent of Americans believe companies are doing more today than 10 years ago to address climate change, according to research conducted by Research+Data Insights for Hill+Knowlton Strategies and Environmental Defense Fund. The survey found 91 percent of Americans believe it is important for companies to implement greater corporate ... Read more »

Staples, HP, Marriott Staff Back Chemical Assessment Principles

October 21, 2013October 21, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Staples, Hewlett-Packard, Marriott, Timberland, Method and Seventh Generation are among the companies whose senior environmental staff have signed onto the Commons Principles for Alternatives Assessment, a framework developed by the Environmental Defense Fund, BizNGO, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production and Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute. Staples senior scientist and vice president Roger ... Read more »

EDF Launches Sustainable Fisheries Toolkit

October 21, 2013 by Leon Walker

Environmental Defense Fund has launched a Fisheries Toolkit to help fishermen and seafood companies design and implement management systems to restore the sustainability and profitability to fisheries around the world. EDF says the toolkit provides low-cost, cutting-edge and replicable solutions to help fishermen and fishery managers achieve economic and ecological recovery, ... Read more »

EPA GHG Emissions Rules Will Get Supreme Court Review

October 16, 2013October 16, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Supreme Court has agreed to review whether the EPA can require greenhouse gas emissions permits for stationary sources such as refineries. In its Oct. 15 order the court said it would limit its review to “whether EPA permissibly determined that its regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from new motor ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: West Fertilizer Explosion, TX Agency Appeals its Own Win

October 11, 2013October 11, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $118,300 in penalties for Adair Grain, the operator of West Fertilizer Co., whose West, Texas fertilizer plant exploded in April, killing 15 people and injuring more than 160. OSHA cited Adair for 24 safety violations including unsafe handling and storage of chemicals. ... Read more »

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